Event

LIVE AND IN PERSON in our usual room with Zoom for those who can't make it and then archived to our aptly named YouTube channel University Lowbrow Astronomers.

 
Speaker: Professor David Gerdes, Chair of UofM Physics
Topic: "What's Beyond Neptune? Search and Discovery in the Outer Solar System"

Date: Friday, January 17, 2025

Time: 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Eastern

Location: Detroit Observatory at University of Michigan
1398 East Ann Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109

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Comments and anecdotes about the event:
Our speaker was a return of Professor David Gerdes, who has recently taken the position of Dean of Science at Case Western. This time David did an excellent job of explaining how he and his team discovered many trans-Neptunian objects, some of which are far too faint and distant to be seen telescopically. We had 30 in-person attendees, and 9 via Zoom.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Sat 4/11/2026
8 p.m. - 11:55 p.m. Eastern
Open House at Peach Mt. U of M Observatory at Peach Mountain
Dexter, MI
Fri 4/17/2026
7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Eastern
Monthly Meeting Detroit Observatory at University of Michigan
1398 East Ann Street
Ann Arbor, MI
Sat 4/18/2026
8 p.m. - 11:55 p.m. Eastern
Open House at Peach Mt. U of M Observatory at Peach Mountain
Dexter, MI
Sat 5/9/2026
8:30 p.m. - 11:55 p.m. Eastern
Open House at Peach Mt. U of M Observatory at Peach Mountain
Dexter, MI